11th Grade
Latin Root Words
BASE
MEANING
EXAMPLES
ann, enn
year
annual, bicentennial
aud
to hear
audience, audible
cede
to go; to yield
intercede, concede
clin
to lean, lie, bend
decline, recline
cred
to believe, trust
credibility, incredible
crit, cris
to separate, judge
criticism, crisis
duct, duc
to lead, to draw
abduct, conduct
ego
I
egotistical
fid
trust, faith
fidelity, infidel
form
shape, form
formal, inform
gen
race, family, kind
genealogy, general
hab
to have, hold, to dwell
habit, habitat
init
to begin, enter upon
initial, initiation
lat
lateral, side; wide
latitude
liber
free
liberal, liberate
loc
place
local, relocate
mar
sea
marinate, marine
memor
mindful
memorial, memory
mut
change, exchange
mutant, mutate
nomen, nomin
name
nominal, nominate
part, pars
portion, part
partial, partner
plur, plus
more
plural, surplus
prov, prob
to prove, test
probate, prove
sac, secr, sanct
sacred
sacrifice, sanctify
sed, sid, sess
to sit; to settle
sedate, subside, session
somn
sleep
somnolent, insomnia
spec, spect, spic
to see, look at, behold
inspect, spectacle
tac, tic
silent
tacit, taciturn
tend, tens
to stretch, strive
tendon, tension
vac
empty
evacuate, vacuum
vers, vert
to turn
adverse, conversion
viv, vit
life
vital, vivid